Wall hook



Jan. 11', 1938. E. H YTAT rsT-AL.l 2,105,061

WALL HOOK Filed Sept. 16, 1935 50 the metal strip.

STATES .WALL HOK l Edward H. Tate, Frank E. B. Tate, and ChristopherTate/Malden, Mass., assignors to E. H. Tate Company, Boston, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application September 4 Claims.

This invention relates tol a wall hook of the variety consisting of a strip of suitable material, such as brass or other metal, bent to the desired shape and a pin projecting through the 5 metal to be driven into the wall.

Itis an object of the invention'to improve upon previously existing wall hooks of this type,

to provide a wall hook which is strong for its`l weight and is inexpensive to manufacture, vand to provide a hook in "which the pin is frictonally engaged so that it will not readily be separated from the metal strip,

For a more complete understanding of. the in- ,vention, reference may be had to the following description of an embodiment thereof and to the drawingof which Figure l is a perspective view embodying the invention.

vFigure 2'is a sectional .view of the same;

Figure 3 is a sectional view of a slightly modiied form of wall hook. f

4The wall hook illustrated in Figure 1 consists of a strip of suitable material such as metal which is bent into the form' illustrated. As shown,

of a wall hook the strip includes an intermediate straight portion I0 which constitutes the back of the hook,

i and a hook Il at the lower end thereof. The upper end portion of the strip is bent outward as at i2, and then downward and rearward as o at I3, vthus forming a closed loopv having 'an-I upper wall `I5 and a lower diagonal wall l6.-

The extreme end I1 of the strip engages the straight rear wall I0 so as to close the loop.' Apertures are provided through the strip to receive .3 a pin 20. One of these apertures 2l may be at the bend I3 or adjacent thereto, the other aperture 22 being in the rear wall of the wall h'ook Mabove and adjacent to the point of contact of the end I1 with the rear wall. Thus the pin 20 40 passes through the two apertures 2| and 22 and across the loop. In order to prevent the pin 20 from falling out of the holes 2l and 22 accidentally. and becoming separated from the hook, the

diagonal wall i6 is bent inward as at 25, form- 4'5 ing a reentrant portion between the ends thereof projecting into the 1oop,.the innermost point of which inwardly projecting portion frictionally engages the side of the pin 20 so as to hold the pin in vits proper position with relation to In order to support the lo'op when the pin is being driven into a, wall and to prevent undue deformation of the loop by reason of'blows of the hammer orother instrument used in driving a pin 20 into the walll a 55 tongue 30 may be' struck out from the rear por- 1c, 1935. serial No. '40,784

(ci. 24S- 301) tion I0 of the hook, this tongue being located below the hole 22. As indicated in Figures 1 and 2, the tongue may be bent out from the plane of the rear portion lil of the hook so as to re- -ceive the end i7k of the vstrip against its rear face. The end i1 is thus wedged between therear face of the tongue and the front face portions of the strip il) immediately adjacent to the tongue. Thus the tongue provides a strong j tion having a tongue 36 struck up therefrom and bent forward to a lesser degree than the tongue 30. The extremity I1 of the strip, instead of being wedged behind thetongue as shown ln Figure l, abuts the end of the tongue 36 'as indicated, thus closing the loop at'the upper endv of the hook. The bending of the tongue 3i! 'or 36 out of the plane of the rear wall l or` 35 leaves an' aperture in the rear wall which may 'be continuous with the wall 22 as indicated orV may be separate therefrom.

It is evident that various modifications and ments, of the invention herein show-n and described without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as defined in the following claims.

We claimt. Y 1. A wall hook comprising a narrow strip of metal havinga straight intermediate portion, a lower portion bent into hook form, and an upper portion bent forward and then obliquely downward and rearward so that the end of the strip touches said intermediate portion to form a closed loop, said intermediate portion having a hole therethrough above theV point of contact of said end of the strip, said' upper end portion of the strip having a hole therethrough at the A second bend thereof, and a pin projecting through said holes, said downwardly and rearwardly extending portipn having a portion between the ends thereof projecting into said loop to bear frictionally against said pin when assembled with s'aid hook.

'2. In a wall hook, a stripof metalv having a straight intermediate portion, a lower portion bent into hook form, and an upper portion bent into a closed loop, said intermediate portion having a tongue struck up therefrom to project forward, the end of said upper end portion of the changes may be made in the specific embodi- H hook. As shown, this hook comprises a rear porso,l

strip having a wedging engagement between said of said upper portion of the strip engaging said tongue, and a pin projecting through said two holes and frictionally engaged by a face of. said strip adjacent to said end thereof.

4. A wall hook comprising a strip of metal having its lower end portion bent into hook form and a. closed loop at its upper end, said strip having a tab struck out from an intermediatel portion thereof. the extreme end of the upper portion of the stripbeing in wedged engagement between said tab and the adjacent portions of the strip, and a pin projecting through said strip at opposite points of said loop.

EDWARD H. TATE. FRANK E. B. TATE. CHRISTOPHER TATE. 

